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<p>FreeBSD is a rapidly developing operating system.
Keeping up on the latest developments can be a chore! To
keep on top of things, be sure and check this page
periodically. Also, you may wish to subscribe to the <a
href="handbook/eresources:mail.html">freebsd-announce
mailing list</a>.</p>
<p>For a detailed description of past, present, and future releases,
see the <strong><a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release
Information</a></strong> page.</p>
<h2>August 1997</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>11-Aug-97</b>
Researchers in Duke University's
<a href="http://www.cs.duke.edu/ari/index.html">Trapeze Project</a>
have developed a high-speed Myrinet driver for FreeBSD. More
information about the driver, Trapeze Project, and its parent
project, the Collaborative Cluster Computing Iniative, including
the code for the Myrinet driver, are available from the CCCI's
<a href="http://www.cs.duke.edu/ari/index.html">WWW page</a>.
<p></p></li>
<li><b>03-Aug-97</b>
Netscape Communications has released a beta version of
Netscape Communicator v4.0 for FreeBSD. It can be obtained via
FTP from <a href="ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.02/4.02b7/english/unix/freebsd/base_install/">ftp.netscape.com</a> or its mirrors.</li>
</ul>
<h2>July 1997</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>22-Jul-97</b>
MacIP, an AppleTalk-to-IP gateway program for FreeBSD, is in beta
testing. To get the latest version, see
<a href="http://www.promo.de/pub/people/stefan/netatalk/">
http://www.promo.de/pub/people/stefan/netatalk/</a> or
<a href="ftp://ftp.promo.de/pub/people/stefan/netatalk/">
ftp://ftp.promo.de/pub/people/stefan/netatalk/</a>. <p></p>
</li>
<LI><B>17-Jul-97</b>
The first issue of the FreeBSD Newsletter is now available in
<a href="http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/newsletter/issue1.pdf">
Adobe PDF format</a> (also by
<A href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/newsletter/issue1.pdf">
FTP</A>). A
<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/newsletter/README.TXT">
help file</a> is available to assist you in selecting and using
a PDF viewer.
An
<a href="http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/6986/freebsdnews.html">HTML version</a>
is also available. Article submissions, advertisements, and letters
to the editor should be sent to
<a href="mailto:newsletter@freebsd.org">newsletter@freebsd.org</a>.
<p></p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>June 1997</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>17-Jun-97</b>
FreeBSD <a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.2-RELEASE/">
2.2.2-RELEASE</a> CD-ROM discs are now in stock; subscription
customers should receive them shortly.<p></p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>May 1997</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>16-May-97</b>
FreeBSD <a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.2-RELEASE/">
2.2.2-RELEASE</a> has been released. The
<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.2-RELEASE/RELNOTES.TXT">
Release Notes</a> can provide more information. This release will
also be the basis for the upcoming <em>FreeBSD Desktop/Pro</em>
product, a release which includes bundled software from Xi Graphics,
Inc., for desktop users. Stay tuned for more information.<p></p>
</li>
<li><b>12-May-97</b>
A 3.0-Current SNAP-of-the-day server has been established at
<a href="ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/">
ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a>. A 3.0-SNAPshot
will be generated daily, and old SNAPshots will be kept for
a minimum of one week.<p></p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>April 1997</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>28-Apr-97</b>
The 3.0-current src tree now contains support for building Symmetric
MultiProcessor kernels. For details go to the
<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html">SMP</a> page.
<p></p></li>
<li><b>22-Apr-97</b>
A RELENG_2.2 snap-of-the-day server has been established at
<a href="ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/">
ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD</a>. The
<a href="ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/README.TXT">
README.TXT</a> has more information.
<p></p></li>
<li><b>15-Apr-97</b>
FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE CDs are shipping. Please see
<a href="http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/fbsd22.htm">
http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/fbsd22.htm</a> for more information.
<p></p></li>
</ul>
<h2>March 1997</h2>
<ul>
<li><b>28-Mar-97</b>
Sony Computer Science Laboratory, Inc. has released an alpha version
of ALTQ/CBQ, an alternative queuing framework for BSD Unix.
<a href="http://www.csl.sony.co.jp/person/kjc/programs.html">More
information</a> and the
<a href="ftp://ftp.csl.sony.co.jp/pub/kjc/altq.tar.gz">source code</a>
is available.<p></p></li>
<li><b>25-Mar-97</b>
<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.1-RELEASE/">FreeBSD
2.2.1-RELEASE</a> is now available, replacing 2.2-RELEASE. Read the
<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.1-RELEASE/README.TXT">
README.TXT</a> file or the
<a href="&base/releases/2.2.1R/notes.html">Release Notes</a>
for more information.<p></p></li>
<li><b>16-Mar-97</b>
<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-RELEASE/">FreeBSD
2.2-RELEASE</a> is now available. Read the
<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-RELEASE/README.TXT">
README.TXT</a> file or the
<a href="&base/releases/2.2R/notes.html">Release Notes</a>
for more information.<p></p></li>
</ul>
<H2>February 1997</H2>
<UL>
<LI><B>20-Feb-1997</B>
<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7-RELEASE">FreeBSD
2.1.7-RELEASE</a> is now available. Read the
<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7-RELEASE/README.TXT">
README.TXT</a> file or the
<a href="&base/releases/2.1.7R/notes.html">
Release Notes</a> for more information.<p></p></li>
<LI><B>10-Feb-1997</B>
<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.0-970209-SNAP">FreeBSD
3.0-970209-SNAP</a> has been released. Read the
<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.0-970209-SNAP/README.TXT">
README.TXT</a> file for more information about this release.<p></p></li>
<LI><B>06-Feb-1997</B>
A serious security problem affecting FreeBSD 2.1.6 and
earlier systems was found. The problem has been corrected
within the -stable, -current, and RELENG_2_2 source trees.
As an additional precaution, FreeBSD 2.1.6 is no longer
available from the FTP distribution sites. You can
read more about the problem and solution from the
<A HREF="ftp://freebsd.org/pub/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-97:01.setlocale">
FreeBSD-SA-97:01.setlocale</A> security announcement.
<P></P></LI>
<LI><B>06-Feb-1997</B>
The final pre-release version of FreeBSD 2.2-GAMMA, is now available.
The README.TXT file has more information.<P></P></LI>
<LI><B>05-Feb-1997</B>
The administrative position of FreeBSD Project President has been
eliminated with the
<a href="resignation.html">resignation</a> of former president
Jordan K. Hubbard.<p></p></li>
<LI><B>02-Feb-1997</B>
A snap-of-the-day server has been set up for the most current
<A HREF="releases/snapshots.html">snapshot</a>
release of FreeBSD 2.2. Read the
<A HREF="ftp://22gamma.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/README.TXT">README.TXT</A>
file for more information.
<P></P></LI>
</UL>
<H2>January 1997</H2>
<UL>
<LI><B>25-Jan-1997</B>
FreeBSD <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.0-970124-SNAP/">
3.0-970124-SNAP</A> has been released.
Please see the
<A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/3.0-970124-SNAP/RELNOTES.TXT">
Release Notes</A> for more information.
<P></P></LI>
</UL>
<H2>December 1996</H2>
<UL>
<LI><B>24-Dec-1996</B>
FreeBSD <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-BETA">2.2-BETA</A>
has been released. Please see the
<A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-BETA/RELNOTES.TXT">
Release Notes</A> for more information.
<P></P></LI>
<LI><B>13-Dec-1996</B>
FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE will not support installation on machines with less
than 5MB of RAM or 1.2MB floppy drives. Please see the original
<A HREF="releases/2.2R/install-media.html">announcement</A> for more
information.
<P></P></LI>
</UL>
<h2>November 1996</h2>
<ul>
<![ IGNORE [
<li><b>15-Nov-1996</b>
FreeBSD <a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.6-RELEASE">
2.1.6-RELEASE</a> is out. Please see the <a
href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.6-RELEASE/RELNOTES.TXT">
release notes</a> for more information.
<P></P></li>
]]>
<li><b>15-Nov-1996</b>
FreeBSD <a href="&base/releases/2.1.6R/security.html">
2.1.6-RELEASE</a> is out. Please see the <a
href="&base/releases/2.1.6R/security.html">
release notes</a> for more information.
<P></P></li>
<li><b>4-Nov-1996</b>
The FreeBSD <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">CVS</a>
development tree has branched again. <a href="branch.html">See here</a>
for more information.
<P></P></li>
</ul>
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